About block 909,259
Bitcoin block 909,259 was mined by AntPool on August 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM UTC, 59 min 16 s after block 909,258. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,417 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0791 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2041 BTC for this block.
Block 909,259 is number 44 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,972 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,741 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.